went and sawed the factory mounts off a pajero chassis for the trailing arms what a arrrssseeee of a job lol

cleaned them up and fitted them onto the chassis where i needed them i wasnt sure of placement as in do i run them on the under side or out side but i went with out side so far so good .... fingers crossed

made a plate to beef up the chassis rail at the front as chassis was only made of 2mm so ran some 3mm down it to make it stronger you cant see in the pic but i have drilled a large hole through the plate and secured the plate in the middle also so plate is fully welded on the edge and also in the middle

went to the scrappys today and got some heavy wall pipe for the steeering shafts that are now longer so have sorted that as well today

i allways go for the paint it when its together method and it allways looks crap and cheap so i buffed the diff head down today primed it and brush painted it with a couple coats of blaaaaaaccckkk my favourite colour haha

ended up fully welding the brackets and priming around the brackets and the parts of the housing i was finnished with

yet to come is the panhard mounts and the shaft it self i was planning on running a pajero factory panhard but i think the bushes will bind and steal some travel/ flex

ill dump a hole heap of pics here

not bad for a young bugger in a cramped single garage i reckon haha quite stoked how its coming along

got the truck together enough to drive it today after making the panhard brackets and making what may be the most piece of over kill panhard for a suzuki haha i ended up going with a cat1 size tractor link (for using impliments behind tractors ) they use a very robust rose joint / rod end so i have sorted that mounted it heres a flex shot i think i need softer springs yet

since my last post ive decided i should grow a pair and keep the bastard truck haha

so today i fitted up the axles and fitted some sweet interior lights ! 60mm square led work lights its like day time in there !

ordered a air locker ... cos you know nothing like a freshly imported part to re ignite the drive to finnish the build !

also collected some auto trans parts so i can convert it to auto !

one so the mrs can have a drive ! two i love having a park position knowing there is a steel pin locking you truck in place is allways nice !

and 3 i loose omentum between 1st and 2nd and can create wheel spin and make hill starts a head ache so auto should solve that ive chosen the 4 speed ecu controlled unit so i can later on make a manual controll computer for it when i feel all the creases are ironed out

also picked up some spare front guards as they are just a consumable item

not sure if anyones even reading these posts so flick a comment if you are

oh wow cool to see !! so boys this week some goodies arrived! we got a air locker for the fronta wheel bearing kit and a set of 10 inch travel bilsteins for the rear plan this weekend work permiting ... front cover on front diff welded on and a final check of the hole set up for bolts and wheel alignment

then back into bleeding the brakes got a day booked on the 14th to hoon it

so another weekend is here ! i ordered some mean 10 inch travel bilstein shocks from 4wdstuff gret guys btw! (shameless plug there !)fitted them up yesterday used the modified mount i had made on the diff housing earlier andc mr suzuki the legend put a crossmember right where i needed one so drilled through that 100mm off centre and ended up using honda accord 97 ish 2.2l front springs in it they are damn close to being grouse ! soft enough that with all my junk on the tray it dosent loose too much height but still a long ass spring !!!

today should see the airlocker being installed into my spare diff head and hopefully my gearbox in the old tow rig re installed and sold welll fingers crossed !

will post pics of the tre airlocker and install when i do it

heres some pics for ya troubles subaru seats from a subaru outback the front drive flanges rear end and also my tray i want to change but not sure on design yet